Application Solutions Architect

Rackspace are the multicloud solutions experts. Consistently named a 'best place to work' year-after-year according to Fortune, Forbes and Glassdoor, we attract and develop world-class talent. As a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud MSPs, we keep the customer at the heart of everything we do and our Fanatical Experience™ is renowned throughout the industry!The adoption of public cloud is growing rapidly. Rackspace is a trusted partner to many organizations who have embarked on this journey. Through well-established transformation methods and by using the latest best practices, we are helping customers to change the way they do business.Our Solution Architects build professional relationships with enterprise customers, acting as their trusted advisor and helping them with decisions related to strategic and technical direction for migration and transformation initiatives.Rackspace is looking for Solution Architects across a range of levels from different backgrounds and with various skills and expertise. Understanding that there are many paths to acquiring the skills needed to be a successful Solution Architect, we are seeking new Rackers who can demonstrate the below skills or those who are keen to gain them.

Skills and Experience

• Experience in designing and developing Banking mobile application and relevant services for IOS & Android platform
• Experience designing & developing in cloud technologies including serverless frameworks, preferably AWS.
• Experience in AWS services including EC2, SQS, SNS, Lambda, API Gateway a plus
• Experience with Access Management solutions and working knowledge of IBM Security Access Manager and Ping Federate SSO solution
• Experience on Oracle and No SQL DB’s such as Mongo DB

Responsibilities Required

• Understand the existing architecture (Mobile, Backend, Applications, Digital microservices, Infrastructure and Security)
• Comprehend the Business requirements, the value addition, Conduct the Solution analysis and draft the Solution Design Document.
• Convey the traceability matrix (requirements vs solution) with application change summary and the capability gaps
• Draft the Data Model for the given requirement/change/solution
• If the value addition is less than the efforts spent in enhancing the IT, then convey the message to PO/Delivery Manage/ Business
• If the Enterprise architecture is not existing for a given feature, then call for the “Enterprise Architecture Review”, present the EA and seek the “Architecture Review Board” approvals
• Participate in the Technology risk assessment, Security Assessment – review the risks, challenge, or accept them or justify the mitigations.
• Draw the Infra Security Diagram to explain the Datacenter-Firewall-Port-F5-WAF-Dataguard needs/changes. 2WAYSSL, Strong Ciphers, TLS1.2+
• If new API are introduced or existing API are enhanced then draw the Sequence Diagram for the API calls.
• Convey the solution requirements for Application Monitoring and Alerts, BAU support and troubleshooting (E2E correlation ID)
• Review the solution with reference to Implementation downtime needs, PCIDSS, GDPR, General Cloud security, Infra Capacity planning, IT DR planning, BCP planning, performance optimization
• Drive the POC for any technology feature which is not existing in current state.
• Track the development and unit testing on daily basis and monitor if there are any deviations towards target state or blockers during development.
• Review the unit test results and SIT results from technology and integrations point of view.
• Assist the Delivery Managers and Product Owners in defining the scope of work for MVP

#LI-JH1 About Rackspace TechnologyWe are the multicloud solutions experts. We combine our expertise with the world’s leading technologies — across applications, data and security — to deliver end-to-end solutions. We have a proven record of advising customers based on their business challenges, designing solutions that scale, building and managing those solutions, and optimizing returns into the future. Named a best place to work, year after year according to Fortune, Forbes and Glassdoor, we attract and develop world-class talent. Join us on our mission to embrace technology, empower customers and deliver the future.  More on Rackspace TechnologyThough we’re all different, Rackers thrive through our connection to a central goal: to be a valued member of a winning team on an inspiring mission. We bring our whole selves to work every day. And we embrace the notion that unique perspectives fuel innovation and enable us to best serve our customers and communities around the globe. We welcome you to apply today and want you to know that we are committed to offering equal employment opportunity without regard to age, color, disability, gender reassignment or identity or expression, genetic information, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, military or veteran status, nationality, ethnic or national origin, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any legally protected characteristic. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.